Furniture-drawer.



N0. 630,3I4. PatentedAug. 8, I899.

B. BANKMANN &. G. GEBHABD.

(Application filed Aug. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

RionARD BANKMANN AND GEoRGE ERHARD, OF wAsninGrromDis'rRio'r E OF COLUMBIA.

FU RNlTU RE-DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,314, dated August 8, 1899; Application filed August 6,1898. Serial No. 687,968. (No model.)

has especial reference to drawers in which lithographic drawings and other sheet drawleaving an opening b ings or papers are stored, has for its object the prevention of the slipping of the contents of the drawer from the rear end, clamping the contents of the drawer to prevent buckling, and supporting the contents as they are turned forward for inspection,- and consists in certain improvements in construction,'which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claim, i

In the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective of our improved drawer; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a section through the front end of the drawer; Fig. 4, a perspective of the clamp and support detached; Fig. 5, a section on line 5 5, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6, a perspective of the cl ampin g-plate detached.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A'indicates a drawer, in the rear end of which are corner-pieces a at, extending part way across the drawer and The corner-pieces strengthen the drawer by supporting its sides and prevent the contents of the drawer protruding over the rear end, and the opening affords ready access to the contents for removal.

On the inside of the front 13 of the drawer is attached a combined clamp and support 0, which consists of a piece of wire extending out into the drawer, bent inward at its ends b b, which are flattened at c c,and provided with right-angled extensions or heels (1 d, which limit the outward movement in forming a support by their engagement with the base-plate on the front of the drawer and also prevent lateral movement of the arms of the clamp and support, and the inward movement is limited by the bottom of the drawer. The clamp and support are secured to the front of the drawer by a metallic base-plate D, rectangular in form, and a clamping-plate E, made of sprin g-steel, slightly curved or flexed transversely at e, provided with a longitudinal groove or seat f to receive the parts I) I) and with a recess g for'the heels d d.

The clamping-plate is secured to the baseplate preferably by a screw-bolt 7L and a nut 't' on each side of the longitudinal center of the plates,and tension or pressure is produced to the extent that the curved portion of the clamping-plate is straightened.

In the application of the device to a drawer the nut 71 enters a recess is and the two plates are secured to the front B by screws Z'Z Z, so that it may be readily applied to drawers in use. The clamp prevents the contents of the drawer being turned up or buckled and securely holds the contents in position, and the support prevents the contents falling against the person using the drawer and soiling his or her apparel. When the clamp is raised,the ends I) I) turn on their axes and change the position of the seats 0 c, and in the rotation of the ends they press against the seat f and apply pressure to the clamp by separating the clamping-plate and baseplate at this point.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is- The combination with a drawer, of a clamp having its opposite ends bent inward and provided with flattened surfaces on one side of the bent portion and terminating in right-angled adjacent heels projecting inward at an angle to the flattened surfaces, a clampingplate flexed transversely and provided with a groove on one edge and a recess in the groove to receive the heels of the clamp, and abaseplate to which the clamping late is secured and upon which the heels of the clamp rest when the clamp is thrown back from the door. In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD BANKMANN. GEORGE GEBHARD. \Vitnesses:

' D. O. REINoHL,

W. PARKER REINoRL.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 630,314.\

for an improvement in Furniture-DraWers, an error appears In line 95, the Word door Signed, counterslgned and sealed this 22d day of August, A. 11,1899

[SEAL] WEBSTER DAVIS,

Assistant Seeretary of the Interior. Oountersigned A. P. GREELEY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

